HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — A wrong-way driver caused a major crash in Seffner early Friday morning that shut down I-4.
Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) said they were notified about the driver, Arda Sengun, 22, who was traveling east in the westbound inside lane of I-4 around 3:40 a.m. A mere five minutes later, the car crashed into a Mercedes sedan traveling west in the same lane.
A pickup truck traveling west in the center lane then braked in an attempt to avoid the crash but was rear-ended by a flatbed truck. As a result, the pickup rotated onto the outside shoulder, where it collided with a parked tractor-trailer.
The flatbed truck also overturned, which trapped the driver inside.
FHP said all lanes are currently blocked, and the wrong-way driver was arrested for DUI with serious bodily injury.
The other three drivers were taken to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.
